Kernowek/Keyboard

Rules for making a Cornish keyboard: SWF uses the Latin script with no diacritics or other modifications except the letter q is not used. I followed DVORAK construction rules with the most common letters on the home row, vowels on the left and constants on the right. this gave me an initial layout of.

- - - - - - - - - - [ ]
 0 y e a s h n r - - -
  - - - - - - - - - -

I then began constructing the top row by examining Bigram frequency. To do this, I look for the most common Bigram containing a letter not yet placed and adding it to the most accessible slot on the side opposite to its other letter. e.g. DH is the 2nd most common Bigram so the D gets placed as follows

- - - d - - - - - - 
 0 y e a s h n r -
  - - - - - - -

following this rule for the entire top row yields this

~
`

!
1

 

@
2

#
3

£
4

%
5

^
6

&
7

*
8

(
9

)
0

_
-

+
=

       

<
,

 

>
.

T
t

D
d

L
l

G
g

W
w

V
v

B
b

X
x

{
[

}
]

|
\

        

O
o

Y
y

E
e

A
a

S
s

H
h

N
n

R
r

M
m

:
;

"
'

           

Q
q

C
c

U
u

I
i

F
f

K
k

P
p

Z
z

J
j

?
/

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